Forum: Art Theory


Subject: Nude art....your thoughts?

looksgood opened this issue on Jul 25, 2003 ยท 57 posts


nomuse posted Mon, 04 August 2003 at 1:36 AM

Have we descended to puns? I have nothing against the nude in art. I do have something against the nude in poser art. Mostly because it seems a simple rule of thumb, most nudes are poorly done and most poorly done work has boobies. So by boycotting boobies I would have to wade through quite a lot less poor art to get to the decent stuff. I also have mild aesthetic objections. Perhaps because of early bottle training or something I find large boobs repellant, not attractive. I'd sooner look at sea cucumbers. Mostly, tho, it is a "teachers" objection. Ever watch a kid trying to play piano? The less skilled the are, the louder they play. They are using the sheer visceral impact...all that lovely noise...as a replacement for the subtler charms of music. Not to say pounding on the piano doesn't have its place! But I think the poser nude has the same effect on the growing artist; they get enthralled by all that glowing flesh and the urge to do art, to learn, to improve becomes of non-importance. When I take the longer view, I see that dispite the impression that Rend and the Poser community in general is sinking in a tide of poorly-done boobies, new artists are being trained and the level of expertise in the 3d community in general is ever growing. So in the long run it probably doesn't matter. Still, I want to say the same thing to half the images I see here; "Put some clothes on her. It will be a better image, and you will become a better artist."